조선후기 부안․고창 지역 ‘서호(西湖)’ 유람의 문학적 형상화

Abstract

This study examined the literary works of the 19th-century literary men who had ben excursive in the area of Seoho(西湖), the border area of the seashore betwen Buan-gun and Gochang-gun in Jeolabuk-do Province. This aproach atempted to draw cultural icons of the area in the 19th century from various aspects. Seoho was regarded as a place of comfort for a local literary man based in this area to release his frustrating mind who had no choice but to retire. We can discover the hermit landscape of this area through his work. On the other hand, the visitors from other parts of the country enjoyed the taste of spring and autumn as they explored the scenery of various places, sharing conversations with acquaintances and reviving the traces of historical great men and scholars. They were also fascinated by the scenery of the Seoho area and expresed their intention to leave the secular world and to retire, but they were son asimilated into the everyday life there and enjoyed the worldly entertainment. The reason for this diversity is due to the colorful landscape of the Seoho area. Seoho is a place where mountain and sea, natural landscape and human environment, historical anecdote and present life harmonize. And even a litle bit of movement makes for a diferent landscape. Because of these characteristics, such a variety of experiences were posible even in a relatively short schedule of excursions. As the intention to fel such richnes spreaded widely among the literary men, the tendency to explore various points around the Seoho area and to compose literary works emerged among them. In this way, the Seoho area was gradualy known in the 19th century, making it a prominent natural and cultural atraction. In adition, as the experience varies, the way of expresing the experience also apears in various ways in Korean vernacular gasa poetry, serial poetry in Chinese, and a travel esay in Chinese. The apropriate style was adopted diferently depending on which one of the impresions of the scenery and the practical experiences was more important